Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying

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  • @anirbanhasan8988
    @anirbanhasan8988 Před 7 měsíci +861

    Fun Fact: The serpent in the thumbnail is known as Bakunawa, he wants to eat the Moon, and when he successfully does (but only for a short while because Filipino deities make him spit it out), he causes eclipses.

    • @lemagicbaguette1917
      @lemagicbaguette1917 Před 7 měsíci +142

      I just got an image of vague god figures smacking the serpent with a paddle going “No! Bad Bakunawa!”

    • @anirbanhasan8988
      @anirbanhasan8988 Před 7 měsíci +72

      @@lemagicbaguette1917 Nowhere has it been said that they *didn't* do that

    • @BambinaSaldana
      @BambinaSaldana Před 7 měsíci +87

      ​@@lemagicbaguette1917 "Hey, Ba- wait, what's in your mouth? What-hey! What is that?! Open your mouth! No-sp-spit it out! Don't swallow it, DONT SWALLOW IT."

    • @markjosephbacho5652
      @markjosephbacho5652 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Yep. And it was best demonstrated in the period series, Amaya. A lunar eclipse occurred when the protagonist, Amaya, was born.

    • @MKmaki6094
      @MKmaki6094 Před 2 měsíci +5

      ​@lemagicbaguette1917 I was imagining exactly that, like a dog eating what they aren't supposed to. Filipino mythology usually goes hard but I'd like to think this is the case for this

  • @PramkLuna
    @PramkLuna Před 7 měsíci +294

    Lunar Eclipse: Moon turns red because moon is mad or something
    Solar Eclipse: **E A T T H E S U N**

    • @xenon7n342
      @xenon7n342 Před měsícem +3

      fun fact: lunar eclipse in chinese also means the moon getting eaten

  • @dekuthedog
    @dekuthedog Před 7 měsíci +904

    Too bad ancient people didn't have Wan Shi Tong's spirit library so they could predict an eclipse to defeat the fire nation.

    • @Chaos89P
      @Chaos89P Před 7 měsíci +80

      He doesn't like his wisdom being used for that purpose, remember?

    • @dekuthedog
      @dekuthedog Před 7 měsíci +50

      @@Chaos89P yeah. But people are gonna do as people always do.

    • @Tyretes
      @Tyretes Před 6 měsíci +9

      i thought this was a joke to wan shi tong as in wa shing ton, but its just an atla reference.

    • @lunasquib
      @lunasquib Před 3 měsíci +1

      Definitely!

    • @user-ty8pr3gf4v
      @user-ty8pr3gf4v Před měsícem +1

      LOL

  • @agargamer6759
    @agargamer6759 Před 7 měsíci +278

    It's crazy how much patience and methodical record-keeping is necessary to predict eclipses

    • @colbyboucher6391
      @colbyboucher6391 Před 6 měsíci +10

      Now look up the Antikythera Mechanism. Built somewhere between 200-80 BC, designed to act as a calculator for all sorts of stellar positions (and when the Olympic Games would happen). Absurdly intricate to the point where they didn't have precise enough metallurgy to make it work accurately despite being soundly designed.

    • @SnowPrincessSally
      @SnowPrincessSally Před měsícem

      @@colbyboucher6391 I remember hearing about that. It's mindblowing the world's first computer/calculator, using gears that wouldn't be common until the late Renaissance

  • @cheezemonkeyeater
    @cheezemonkeyeater Před 7 měsíci +1181

    Fear of the unknown is the most terrifying thing ever.

    • @Michael-xm4ux
      @Michael-xm4ux Před 7 měsíci +61

      You don't know me, fear me.

    • @catvanbrian9470
      @catvanbrian9470 Před 7 měsíci +68

      “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” H.P Lovecraft

    • @cheezemonkeyeater
      @cheezemonkeyeater Před 7 měsíci +6

      @@catvanbrian9470 Exactly.

    • @muffinconsumer4431
      @muffinconsumer4431 Před 7 měsíci +8

      @@Michael-xm4uxEEEEEEEK

    • @zircon256ua
      @zircon256ua Před 7 měsíci +6

      Fear of forgetting about things or things themselves, along with of the future is worse.

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli Před 7 měsíci +1283

    If you can get to where the total eclipse next April crosses (path of totality), ABSOLUTELY do. A partial eclipse like most of us will see in the US tomorrow is kinda neat. A total eclipse is COMPLETELY different with weird physical phenomena that make you understand why it was so scary to ancient cultures. It's more than just the sky going dark. We understand the physical phenomena involved but it still feels like an ethereal experience.
    Tomorrow pay attention to shadows on the ground as the partial eclipse passes. You will notice they change, and the shadows between leaves make it clear why - the shadow of the moon is shaping the light that the edges of nearer shadows are bringing into focus. This effect is more pronounced near totality and with animals falling suddenly silent and the temperature suddenly dropping, nearly all your senses tell you something strange is going on.

    • @mathmusicandlooks
      @mathmusicandlooks Před 7 měsíci +87

      Just gotta say I feel so blessed/amazed that our moon’s size and orbit and the distance between the earth and the moon and the sun are all so perfect that we get BOTH annular and total solar eclipses with the same moon. How insane!

    • @ngwoo
      @ngwoo Před 7 měsíci +52

      If you're in a partial eclipse the coolest thing you can see are the dots of sunlight cast through tree leaves. They all appear crescent-shaped and you get some really odd shadows.

    • @kewakl8891
      @kewakl8891 Před 7 měsíci +15

      @@mathmusicandlooks that size:distance is changing daily

    • @kewakl8891
      @kewakl8891 Před 7 měsíci +16

      I was in the totality August 2017. I have been in partials several times. fun, exciting, educational

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja Před 7 měsíci +19

      I’ve never had the chance to see a total solar eclipse, but I’ve seen a near-total one, and it’s a totally different experience to a more partial eclipse, because it actually gets darker, and the light gets weird because there’s no sunset. The most accurate description I’ve heard for how the light looks during a near-total eclipse is that it’s like a “day for night” filter in real life.

  • @danielerinaldo
    @danielerinaldo Před 7 měsíci +1930

    They still are - Guts

    • @greenrico10
      @greenrico10 Před 7 měsíci +65

      💀💀💀

    • @notfunny3397
      @notfunny3397 Před 7 měsíci +90

      No way cute twink will commit war crime

    • @gurugurumawaru7869
      @gurugurumawaru7869 Před 7 měsíci +69

      Here’s your obligatory “Griffith did nothing wrong “

    • @litepaw7
      @litepaw7 Před 7 měsíci +18

      F***k, this triggered me 🫤

    • @Bustednuts.
      @Bustednuts. Před 7 měsíci +67

      Sacrificed the whole team for a gay batman suit

  • @leolu1401
    @leolu1401 Před 7 měsíci +430

    Small correction - in Chinese the most common form of the myth is actually 天狗食日, which translates to "Celestial Dog Eating the Sun". The celestial dog is also related to the myth of Chang'e and Houyi and it is rumored to cause both solar and lunar elipses.

    • @randomplayer3826
      @randomplayer3826 Před 7 měsíci +18

      yea it's either dog or toad eating the moon in Chinese myths and only dogs eat the sun and result in lunar and solar eclipse respectively from what I've seen so far, I'm really curious where did they get the dragon from

    • @AcademicJaedon
      @AcademicJaedon Před 7 měsíci +6

      Like over the moon?

    • @randomplayer3826
      @randomplayer3826 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@AcademicJaedonThe one in Over the Moon is a playful adaption to fit the movie and its target audience. The origin of 天狗 varies (just like basically any myths), and in version involving Hou Yi and Chang 'E's, which the story itself also has several versions, the dog came from the one where Chang 'E ate the *ascension pills (excuse my translation attempt) Huang Mu Liang Liang (A goddess of ranking among the gods in Heaven of Chinese folklore religion) gifted Hou Yi as a reward for shooting down the 9 extra suns off from the sky. Hou Yi's dog witnessed her doing so and licked the remainants before chasing after Chang 'E who is ascending to the sky. Chang 'E learns the dog is going after her and hid in the moon, which the dog grew big and swallowed it in whole in its pursuit. Wang Mu was in panic to learn the moon is being swallowed and ordered the soldier of the Heaven take the dog to her, but after realizing it was the dog of Hou Yi she promoted it to become a watchdog in of the South Gate in Heaven, with the now 天狗 spliting the moon out in return.
      The 天狗 in this version didnt really eat the moon periodically but my comment is already too long for others to have the willpower to read through for me to share the other versions I've heard
      * By ascension it isnt simply going upwards but ascending spiritually to become more "god-like"

    • @davidstenow5055
      @davidstenow5055 Před 7 měsíci +16

      My dog ate it

    • @michaelwatts5481
      @michaelwatts5481 Před 7 měsíci +1

      It was incredibly rainy and cloudy on 14th so we didn’t see it

  • @Richie_Godsil
    @Richie_Godsil Před 7 měsíci +211

    Got to see a 75% solar eclipse in Washington back in '17, it was pretty surreal

    • @ikbintom
      @ikbintom Před 7 měsíci +43

      I've never seen 2017 written as '17 before and thought you were referring to 1917 😄

    • @Richie_Godsil
      @Richie_Godsil Před 7 měsíci +65

      @@ikbintom I should have been more specific: I meant 1517 😅

    • @pauldickman4379
      @pauldickman4379 Před 7 měsíci +10

      Are you talking about the one in 2017 that was a 100% TOTAL eclipse just down in Oregon? It's a totally different experience when you actually get to take your protective glasses off to look at the sun.

    • @Richie_Godsil
      @Richie_Godsil Před 7 měsíci +12

      @@pauldickman4379 Yup, I was living in Seattle and by astrological luck, my lunch break was during the eclipse that morning

    • @GreatMossWater
      @GreatMossWater Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@Richie_GodsilI was outside and it got COLD.

  • @FairMiles
    @FairMiles Před 7 měsíci +170

    The path of 100% eclipse is really narrow, and it passed over my home 3 years ago!!! A really odd, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
    [if you move to see one, be sure to be near the center of the path, where complete darkness lasts longer; we were near one border, so full darkness was brief]

    • @pierrecurie
      @pierrecurie Před 7 měsíci +16

      Random cloud in otherwise cloudless sky: I'm going to ruin this guy's life dream

    • @FairMiles
      @FairMiles Před 7 měsíci +7

      @@pierrecurie Even worst: it was cloudy and raining 4-5 hs before the total eclipse. Fortunately wind did its thing and, while not cloudless, we were able to enjoy it!
      (other circumstances proved harder to revert: most planned travels and events were cancelled after covid-19 pandemic restrictions…)

  • @PhoenixFlame321
    @PhoenixFlame321 Před 7 měsíci +164

    If you don't know what's actually going on, seeing the Sun itself go dark can be quite ominous indeed.

  • @themelancholyofgay3543
    @themelancholyofgay3543 Před 7 měsíci +37

    The babylonians are insane, imagine measuring that hundreds of years before tech meant for the skies

  • @WomanSlayer69420
    @WomanSlayer69420 Před 7 měsíci +49

    As a Terraria player, they *STILL* are terrifying.

    • @Gonja
      @Gonja Před měsícem +2

      need my broken hero swords tho

  • @BorisKOUKA
    @BorisKOUKA Před 7 měsíci +56

    It's was terrifying because when the sun was "eaten" by a black circle most of the people who watched the event lost their sights

    • @OgdenM
      @OgdenM Před 7 měsíci

      Oh hrm, didn't even think about the blindness factor.
      That had to be horrifying.
      I'm sure they knew not to look at the sun... But when the sun is being blocked by something...
      Even people today don't know to NOT look at it.
      And not knowing what was happening would lead to more people staring in fright or trying to figure it out.
      Crazy.
      And then all of the other stuff that happens.. Changes in light, the darkness and the horizon looking like it is on fire ALL around you.... Etc etc... . 100% fear inducing if you have no clue and not long enough of history to know that the sun ALWAYS comes back.

  • @aris1869
    @aris1869 Před 7 měsíci +282

    I reasearched some of this for my mythology art project my senior year. The minokawa was my favorite. In the Philippines, the islanders believed that eclipses were caused by a giant bird with a metal beak and claws (the minokawa) trying to eat the moon. If it succeeded, it would then eat the sun, and then the earth. BUT they also believed you could scare off the beast with loud noises. So basically every time an eclipse happened the ancient Filipino people would start playing music and yelling at the sky until it stopped 😂 (no disrespect to the Filipino ppl btw, it’s just a funny mental image. “HONEY, THE MOONS BEING EATEN AGAIN! GET THE DRUMS!!” *Plays music in panic* )

    • @Bruhsaurus-Moment
      @Bruhsaurus-Moment Před 7 měsíci +37

      Here's a more brutal part, during eclipses, some tribes in this nation before literally pluck their nails out and scream as painfully as they could in belief it would cringe the Eldritch beast from eating the sun or spit the moon away.

    • @noahkieffer7410
      @noahkieffer7410 Před 7 měsíci +9

      Sounds like the best tradition!

    • @Jamez-mo5lm
      @Jamez-mo5lm Před 7 měsíci +7

      Ah glad to get to know more about the myth dragon, I chuckled when I read that last part. plus as a Filipino some similar thing happen whenever it's New Year you would hear not only firecrackers and fireworks but loud music playing in houses and airhorns with banging of loud shìt like pots. I think the tradition on it is for warding off bad luck or something to begin a new year but yep

    • @erinsgeography3619
      @erinsgeography3619 Před 7 měsíci +21

      Filipino here. In my place, we have a "bakunawa" instead. Some would say that it's a Pinoy Jörmungandr, so let's oversimplify it as that
      But yah, same story. This creature would attempt to eat the moon. There was even this tale that there were seven moons before, but we now only have one because the Bakunawa succeeded in eating the other six
      The only difference is that the Bakunawa is not a bird. It's more like a sea serpent, or a Jörmungandr if you'd call it that way

    • @zefellowbud5970
      @zefellowbud5970 Před 6 měsíci +8

      Theres also bakunawa which is a serpent
      And my favorite tambanokano moon eating crab

  • @AlexSchendel
    @AlexSchendel Před 7 měsíci +79

    As an Oregonian, I was so excited to see the eclipse tomorrow morning... Then I realized it'd be super cloudy everywhere around 😭

    • @mo_1010
      @mo_1010 Před 7 měsíci +6

      Rip 😭

    • @muffinconsumer4431
      @muffinconsumer4431 Před 7 měsíci +6

      That’s what you get for living there

    • @cbpd89
      @cbpd89 Před 7 měsíci +2

      What a bummer! I was in Utah and it was just cloudy during the eclipse, cleared up minutes after 😡

    • @Yamaazaka
      @Yamaazaka Před 7 měsíci +3

      Yup mother nature being beautiful while giving you the middle finger lol

    • @VonWasHere13
      @VonWasHere13 Před 19 dny +1

      @@muffinconsumer4431What’s Wrong With Oregon

  • @garg4531
    @garg4531 Před 7 měsíci +114

    "Like the solar eclipse that will happen on September 7, 2974; that will happen on 12:51 pm local time, will pas right over Stonehenge."
    Mark your calendars people! This is an incredible once in a lifetime opportunity you don't want to miss
    edit: Darn, I'm busy that week...

    • @s.a.m7297
      @s.a.m7297 Před 7 měsíci +1

      but no uber willing to ride me to the Stonehenge bro :(

    • @shhinysilver1720
      @shhinysilver1720 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Darn, with airplane tickets being at least $300, i Don’t think i have it in my budget to make it to that one.

    • @Kitsunekone
      @Kitsunekone Před 7 měsíci

      @@shhinysilver1720Naw, hovercraft is the way to go. Though the International-15 is killer.

    • @leociresi4292
      @leociresi4292 Před 7 měsíci +2

      I’ll be long dead in 2974 and have a ringside seat for the event

    • @s.a.m7297
      @s.a.m7297 Před 7 měsíci

      @@leociresi4292 bro you somehow remind me to moai 🗿 statues.. i feel like they're the ppl who waiting to long to get ubered to the Stonehenge

  • @davidveanz1752
    @davidveanz1752 Před 7 měsíci +28

    So sad you didn't even mentioned the Maya and other mesoamerican civilizations, that were extremely good at keeping record of eclipses 😢

  • @adamkauffman9311
    @adamkauffman9311 Před 7 měsíci +19

    I remember being in partial eclipse in 2017 and feeling the temperature drop significantly. Thanks to glasses, I also got to see the moon covering half the sun.
    A friend went to the path of totality and said it was the most beautiful surreal Horizon looked like daytime/dusk and everywhere else looked like night. So cool.

  • @Camphreneas
    @Camphreneas Před 6 měsíci +9

    From my past experiences with solar eclipses, including the recent Ring of Fire Eclipse, I noticed that some animals, including insects, behave strangely when an eclipse happens, especially when they’re closer to the path of totality. It’s like they’re freaking out that they must’ve accidentally set their internal clocks wrong, and nighttime might’ve came WAY earlier than they initially thought it would.
    It’s pretty understandable why some ancient civilizations of humans would behave the same way when an eclipse happens, but rather less forgetting that the sun is setting sooner, but more mass hysteria, and fear of the Earth ending, or the sun being consumed by a powerful deity, which may be a sign of eternal (and advanced) darkness.😅

  • @EtanChamare
    @EtanChamare Před 7 měsíci +22

    Oh dang, I didn't even realize there was gonna be an eclipse tomorrow. Now I'm considering making the 3 hour drive down to the path of totality.

    • @robrod7120
      @robrod7120 Před 7 měsíci +4

      Since its annular it’ll still be awesome to look at if you cant make it through the path

    • @woodfur00
      @woodfur00 Před 7 měsíci

      @@robrod7120 What's the logic there? Annular eclipses and total eclipses look about the same when you're not directly in the path.

    • @woodfur00
      @woodfur00 Před 7 měsíci +1

      You should 100% make the trip to see it! Make sure you have proper eye protection though, since you can't look directly at an annular eclipse even at its peak.

    • @ghislainbugnicourt3709
      @ghislainbugnicourt3709 Před 7 měsíci

      Or maybe consider if it's really that important to experience it personally. I mean it can be amazing, sure, especially if shared with people, but my rule of thumb is to avoid using fossil fuel if it's just for my entertainment.

  • @daniebello
    @daniebello Před 7 měsíci +6

    if I had no idea what an eclipse was, and I saw it randomly one day. I’d probably freak the f out.

  • @boombamboosh3749
    @boombamboosh3749 Před měsícem +6

    Who’s here after seeing the April 8 total solar eclipse?

  • @654_nosneb
    @654_nosneb Před 7 měsíci +8

    The best weapon against fear is knowledge.

  • @attitude_quotes_
    @attitude_quotes_ Před 7 měsíci +2

    This channel is undderratedddd I just discovered it! And I love it !!!!!!!!

  • @joshuaupham5993
    @joshuaupham5993 Před 7 měsíci +13

    Being in the shadow of a total eclipse is an experience you will never forget.

  • @brynkasson8100
    @brynkasson8100 Před měsícem +6

    Just saw the total solar eclipse in Ohio. That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my life.

  • @ddddddidjei
    @ddddddidjei Před 7 měsíci +5

    tomorrow's eclipse will pass right over my city, I'm so excited

  • @astrofan1993
    @astrofan1993 Před 7 měsíci +15

    It wasn't just eclipses, but also comets. Some people thought them to be bad omens. Frankly, it would be interesting to go back in time and tell people of the true natures of eclipses and comets, how they are more objects of fascination rather than fear. If anything, the only thing about comets that you have to worry about is if they hit the Earth.

    • @SCP-173peanut
      @SCP-173peanut Před 4 měsíci +3

      They would probably think you were crazy

    • @astrofan1993
      @astrofan1993 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@SCP-173peanut Yeah, I know. Such is the power of superstition over science, of dogma over empirical evidence, of propaganda over fact, of fear over logic.

  • @matheuscastello6554
    @matheuscastello6554 Před 7 měsíci +4

    i just watched today's eclipse at the northeastern coast of brazil, my mom even asked on the way how did ancient civilizations react to these phenomena, i gave her my best explanation, including that of skoll and haati from norse mythology, but i'll forward her this video so she can learn more :)

  • @therookieanimations8117
    @therookieanimations8117 Před 6 měsíci +3

    My dad told me how when he lived in Laos as a kid there was a solar eclipse and many of the people in the village fired their Muskets in a attempt to scare off a beast because they thought it was eating the sun

  • @givro_
    @givro_ Před měsícem +3

    Eclipses are fascinating, especially the one from today!

  • @kristinalexander1211
    @kristinalexander1211 Před měsícem +3

    Who here saw the April 8th eclipse amazing right

  • @Gzeebo
    @Gzeebo Před 7 měsíci +8

    In ancient Hindu tradition, the solar and lunar eclipses are caused by two gods called Rahu and Ketu. They are invisible points in space, but their predictable movements are mapped in astrological charts along with the sun, moon and planets. They aren't exactly evil, but they are supposed to have a malefic influence.

  • @microwave221
    @microwave221 Před 7 měsíci +2

    The unease that everyone has when witnessing their first one, even when they know it's coming, is always immediately apparent.

  • @ryanbradley3293
    @ryanbradley3293 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I saw the one a couple days ago and my family has been planning to go to Texas for the one in the spring for 6 years ever since I saw my first total solar eclipse in 2017 in Wyoming.

  • @user-kc1oy4hq9u
    @user-kc1oy4hq9u Před 7 měsíci +11

    Remind me in 950 years for the solar eclipse

    • @LSF17
      @LSF17 Před 6 měsíci +1

      It’s not that far away

    • @only1javan
      @only1javan Před měsícem

      There’s an eclipse tomorrow and I’m getting 90%

  • @Magic_beans_
    @Magic_beans_ Před 7 měsíci +3

    That’s pretty sharp for 2,600 years ago. They had to rely on whatever records people from their part of the world happen to have kept and didn’t get destroyed, plus the “8 hours” thing meant it wouldn’t be quite as orderly a pattern (it’d be like “162 years ago, 144, ___, 108, 90, ___, 54, ___, ___, and now”).

  • @caydes
    @caydes Před 7 měsíci +2

    I can't wait already bought my solar eclipse glasses

  • @pierreabbat6157
    @pierreabbat6157 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I live in North Carolina and brought my eclipse glasses, which I got a few years ago when the eclipse passed through Sylva, to church and showed some people. I saw the moon cover halfway across the sun. One of the people told me that the roosters in Mexico crew at midday.

  • @quaysky9582
    @quaysky9582 Před 7 měsíci +1

    one of the best thumbnails ive ever seen

  • @CR0WYT
    @CR0WYT Před 29 dny +1

    I went to the eclipse that happened a few years ago in Idaho. I was a bit freaked out as well when it happened. One moment, everything looks like a normal day. A few minutes later, darkness in a matter of seconds. What's weird is that you could still see everything like it was daytime, but you can also clearly see that the sun and sky was pitch black. I can definitely see how people from centuries ago saw it as a bad omen of sorts.

  • @thunderdrum325
    @thunderdrum325 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Got to see the Oct 14 eclipse, pretty neat stuff

  • @ghost_lad08
    @ghost_lad08 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Sadly in my country there's still literal years left for my first solar eclipse

  • @roxannebednar9163
    @roxannebednar9163 Před měsícem +1

    Wow, just watched the total solar eclipse mentioned at the end of the video and it was breathtaking. A false across the whole horizon, night so dark the stars came out, the red glimmers of solar prominences along the corona, the birds and grasshoppers beginning to cry, and the sudden light as it slid away; like a light switch being flipped.
    Bucket list material, for sure.

  • @fluffly3606
    @fluffly3606 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Fingers crossed that the 2974 eclipse will be slightly off the current prediction due to countless large spaceships moving around transferring a measurable amount of momentum over centuries

  • @Zeraevous
    @Zeraevous Před 3 měsíci

    They're still awe-inspiring. There's something deeply primal of that eerie twilight suddenly turning to night. The total eclipse makes you realize how small you are.

  • @GeoBlits
    @GeoBlits Před 7 měsíci +3

    Great video!

  • @atlasb7452
    @atlasb7452 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Are there any recommendations for brands or places to get solar eclipse glasses?

  • @jacobbaumgardner3406
    @jacobbaumgardner3406 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I fly airplanes all over the Oregon area especially around Eugene. Unfortunately tomorrow it’s supposed to be overcast across the entire western portion of the state so unless you’re in an airliner at just the right time you won’t get to see it.

  • @LavenderLushLuxury
    @LavenderLushLuxury Před 6 měsíci +2

    The thumbnail is cute honestly 🧡❤🔥🐉

  • @bitofphoenix8267
    @bitofphoenix8267 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I was literally thinking the same thing the other fay about some ancient mesoamerican tribe sacrificing their son to the sun god and then 30 minutes later the sun just dissappearing and chaos happening
    Thats like if new york randomly lost power for like 30 minutes itd be insane

  • @markjosephbacho5652
    @markjosephbacho5652 Před 7 měsíci +2

    This reminds me of the Korean historical series Queen Seon Deok, where Mishil, the main antagonist, wrestled with Seon Deok, the protagonist, for the information regarding the upcoming Solar Eclipse to use for their interests.
    It concluded with Mishil being deceived by Seon Deok that a solar eclipse won't happen, and it cost her her title as a "Divine Lady" capable of predicting celestial phenomena. Of course, the solar eclipse did happen, which paved the way for Seon Deok to regaining her throne as a princess and being recognized as the one capable to overthrow Mishil.

  • @zackdy776
    @zackdy776 Před měsícem

    i like how every eclipse event this video slides into my recommendations

  • @omardillon2257
    @omardillon2257 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Berserk manga fans do know the eclipse is appalling.

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness Před 7 měsíci +4

    I'm looking forward to going to the center of path of the upcoming total solar eclipse in April. I've only ever witnessed partial eclipses, so this is going to be incredible. (if it doesn't rain . . . . )

  • @thedandylion1696
    @thedandylion1696 Před 6 měsíci +1

    eclipses still are terrifying my mom used to board the windows with postarboard every time there was one so we couldn't look outside and see it by accident

  • @gurvmlk
    @gurvmlk Před 6 měsíci +1

    That eclipse at Stonehenge is probably going to draw a ton of tourism.

  • @Skinwalker777
    @Skinwalker777 Před měsícem +3

    4:00 this feels... familiar

  • @leafybreeze1078
    @leafybreeze1078 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Reminds me of the book ‘Eclipse’

  • @plebeychips
    @plebeychips Před 7 měsíci +2

    Honestly fair enough if i didn’t know what the heck an eclipse was and the sun disappeared suddenly I would also freak out.

  • @johannaverplank4858
    @johannaverplank4858 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Yes! I live right smack dab in the path of the next total solar eclipse. I’m so excited!!! 😆

  • @mark2220
    @mark2220 Před měsícem +2

    It was still a little scary, even knowing exactly when and why it was happening. Imagine being one of those ancient people..

  • @That-Cowboy-Howdy
    @That-Cowboy-Howdy Před měsícem +7

    People watching on April 8th 2024
    👇

  • @Someone-dy5ui
    @Someone-dy5ui Před 7 měsíci +3

    Imagine if an ancient dude was transported to modern days right at the solar eclipse with all the humans celebrating.

  • @oopsy444
    @oopsy444 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Theyre extra scary if you stare directly into them for several minutes at a time xp

    • @iprobablyforgotsomething
      @iprobablyforgotsomething Před 7 měsíci +6

      And if you do so without proper filtered viewers, it might literally be the last thing you see.

  • @MoolsDogTwoOfficial
    @MoolsDogTwoOfficial Před měsícem +1

    You guys are terrified of these but I yearn to experience one. It would be so damn awesome seeing day turn into night for a few minutes.

  • @zircon256ua
    @zircon256ua Před 7 měsíci +2

    I saw the annular solar eclipse of 2023, but from Phoenix, so I didn't see the moon actually reach it's peak annularity. i am looking forward to the total eclipse of 2024.

  • @TheEntwicklungEnthusiast
    @TheEntwicklungEnthusiast Před měsícem +3

    The Solar Eclipse here in Houston, Texas was nice!

  • @thevenomtrap
    @thevenomtrap Před 6 měsíci +1

    I mean yeah, if a giant hole opened up in the sun , or if the moon changed to the color of blood randomly, people are gonna be scared

  • @MisterBloo42
    @MisterBloo42 Před 7 měsíci +3

    “If you live in North America” *proceeds to only show eclipse lines over the United States with Canada and Mexico dimmed out*
    Ah yes, Americans…

  • @danser_theplayer01
    @danser_theplayer01 Před 7 měsíci +9

    Idk a *bloody red moon* is more terrifying to me, specially in cases where it also looks a lot bigger than usual. I casually saw it a few times, I never saw an eclipse personally.

  • @mikeburkhart8336
    @mikeburkhart8336 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Guess it would be terrifying for something to block out the sun for us on Earth...at least we know it's only the moon now.

  • @andrew24601
    @andrew24601 Před měsícem

    I wish more maps included the “partial eclipse” band; only showing the path of totality makes people think they can’t enjoy it from elsewhere!
    I’m excited to see a max of ~95% coverage today (6+ hours drive from the path of totality, not even that close) with my ISO 12312-2 eclipse viewing glasses and some nearby trees for fun pinhole projection photos!

  • @user-qj7qq6lw2n
    @user-qj7qq6lw2n Před 7 měsíci +5

    Bro need to read Berserk

  • @arclight480
    @arclight480 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Eclipses usually always happen clockwise of the Zodiac wheel moving backwards from one sign each year.

  • @whaatisaweirdname
    @whaatisaweirdname Před 7 měsíci +3

    Another video, this channel is so underrated

  • @moltenfish0000
    @moltenfish0000 Před měsícem +8

    Im the only one who did not see it😢

    • @ryanpenman251
      @ryanpenman251 Před měsícem

      Head to Spain for the next one on August 12th 2026

    • @PAWTV
      @PAWTV Před 9 dny

      I saw the total

    • @HaiChi_Kun
      @HaiChi_Kun Před 17 hodinami

      I didnt ether- 😭

  • @user-vh3ek4lf8b
    @user-vh3ek4lf8b Před měsícem +49

    People who saw the eclipse today
    👇

  • @jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735
    @jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Not me saving the date to year 2974 September 7 at 12.51pm thinking I would see it....

  • @insederec
    @insederec Před 7 měsíci +1

    imagine how lucky those of us in san antonio feel to have both solar eclipses pass through us

  • @mosnaucukidi
    @mosnaucukidi Před 7 měsíci +2

    In Fiji the next Solar Eclipse will happen on October 3rd 2024

  • @AchyutChaudhary
    @AchyutChaudhary Před 7 měsíci +7

    *I was literally watching videos about Eclipses today* 😅

    • @gastonmarian7261
      @gastonmarian7261 Před 7 měsíci

      Watching videos about eclipses the day before an eclipse? What an entirely unexpected and unlikely coincidence, who could have imagined that such a thing would happen. That's a rare circumstance you find yourself in.

  • @thaumatomane
    @thaumatomane Před měsícem +1

    "So scientists still have a lot of question about what the builders' [of stone henge] intentions were." Historians. Historians and archeologists still have a lot of questions. I have noticed a tendency in popular education to erase historians and archeologists and replace them with "scientists." This further diminishes the relevance, interest, and public visibility of the humanities.
    PS. I love your videos. I just wanted to mention this as I frequently see this erasure in a great deal of public education and journalistic media.

  • @geecollins4915
    @geecollins4915 Před měsícem

    Thank you❤

  • @XiangYann
    @XiangYann Před 7 měsíci +1

    Corrections:
    1:25 missing character - 舊染俗
    1:35 script - non trivial, just tad annoying. Cross sourced from the paper mentioned [Liu C. et al., “Examination of early Chinese records of solar eclipses”]
    名堅 -> 懿王名堅 懿"lit. Yi" 王"King" 名"Name(personal)" 堅"lit. Jian(囏)"
    ...王即位天再旦鄭 -> ...王即位天再旦鄭 rough trans. ...(when)King throned, sky(sun) rearrived Zheng
    七年西戎鎬 -> 七年西戎鎬
    ...
    十七年魯厲公 -> 十七年魯厲公
    二十一年公帥師北伐犬戎敗 -> 二十一年公帥師北伐犬戎敗
    二十五年王 -> 二十五年王 Year 25, King "lifted", aka dead.
    Lesson here: don't rely on OCR too much, especially for ye olden texts!

  • @jellomonster5211
    @jellomonster5211 Před měsícem

    So ready tomorrow :)

  • @garg4531
    @garg4531 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Looks like the eclipses paths overlap in Texas.
    ...Lucky me, I live in Texas! 😄

    • @secularmonk5176
      @secularmonk5176 Před 7 měsíci +1

      San Antonio gets a double bullseye

    • @garg4531
      @garg4531 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@secularmonk5176 That's my city! Honestly pretty amazing

    • @only1javan
      @only1javan Před měsícem

      I didn’t get to see the Oct 14 eclipse because it was raining on that day

  • @saumitrachakravarty
    @saumitrachakravarty Před 7 měsíci +1

    0:25 One of the meanings of the word *grahan* in Bangla language which is used to denote eclipse, is also *to eat* !

    • @ryanroshan2732
      @ryanroshan2732 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Yeah, Rahu is the graha of ellipse. Rahu eats the sun temporarily. However we did know that it was caused by the moon. Aryabhatta wrote about ellipses in the Aryabhatiyam

  • @HansLemurson
    @HansLemurson Před 6 měsíci +2

    It's a pity dragons are extinct now, so we have to use the moon to cause eclipses.

  • @thegreatestturtle
    @thegreatestturtle Před 5 měsíci +1

    As a Berserk fan i agree with the title

  • @Wither_AnimationsTCO
    @Wither_AnimationsTCO Před 7 měsíci +1

    The fact the calendar is accurate at the start of the vid (im gonna get to see the eclipse)

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 Před měsícem

    I live in Maryland and I can say the partial Eclipse looked like Pacman 😂. Great video 🌕🌓🌗🌑 Very insightful and informative 👍👍

  • @tzabarpho.
    @tzabarpho. Před 7 měsíci +2

    i was actually just going to rant about how terrifying eclipse is and intellij is better but then i realized

  • @theorybeyonddesign
    @theorybeyonddesign Před měsícem +1

    Just enjoyed the April 8, 2024 eclipse yesterday! :)

  • @LarryDeskPlant
    @LarryDeskPlant Před měsícem

    What's crazy about Stonehenge is that the stones used were dragged all thee way from Wales to England.

  • @iloveflamedragons8722
    @iloveflamedragons8722 Před měsícem

    So did an elips hapen befor or after Stonehenge was put there caus whe think we now when it was placed there

  • @hackanimator12
    @hackanimator12 Před 7 měsíci

    can't wait to see the eclipse tomorrow

  • @user-hl3wu5lc6w
    @user-hl3wu5lc6w Před 7 měsíci

    I saw an annular solar eclipse on the the 14 tbh using eclipse glasses and used it as lens to take2 or 3 pics

  • @juliusalimari
    @juliusalimari Před 6 měsíci

    I live in a place of the world so unlucky with eclipses, because for the next 50 years there wont be any passing by.